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Old 12th Oct 2009, 00:10
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Brian Abraham
 
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The S92 is no longer considered by many to meet the industry's safety aspirations.
I would presume, and hope, "At the moment". Many is (are?) the aircraft that have teething troubles before maturing and settling into regular and safe service. Remember the 76 shedding rotor heads because of spindle problems? Also the hand grenade Allison shedding blades which would take out the other engine, sever the tail rotor drive and deprive you of all electrics. Not forgetting the Allison overspeed system, never did work as intended. Fun time. Seemingly mature designs can throw curve balls as well, the recent Puma losing its head for one.
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